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Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• Presidents Biden and Putin hold a videoconference call amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine as the migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border continues

• Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announces a new wave of Covid-19 restrictions with additional testing requirements and moves forwards compulsory vaccination in certain sectors

• Donald Tusk accused Prawo i Sprawiedliwość of ‘national treason’ over the Warszawa summit meeting of European right-wing leaders, and

• Polish tennis ace Iga Świątek parts company with coach Piotr Sierzputowski.

Up for a challenge? Is learning Polish really as difficult for native English speakers as people say?

Tonight, on The Polish Show, we will speak with Anna Howard, née Trojanowska, who is a translator and teacher of Polish and English living in Ireland.

Masz ochotę na wyzwanie? Czy nauka języka polskiego naprawdę jest tak trudna dla rodowitych Anglików, jak mówią ludzie?

Dziś wieczorem podczas ‘The Polish Show’ będziemy rozmawiać z panią Anną Howard, z domu Trojanowską, która jest tłumaczem i nauczycielką języka polskiego i angielskiego mieszkającą w Irlandii.

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• Prime Minister Morawiecki launches a diplomatic offensive across Europe seeking support for Poland’s stance on the migrant crisis

• Poland claims direct engagement with Middle Eastern nations has already significantly stemmed the flow of migrants to Belarus at source

• Israel’s Chargé d'Affaires is to return to its Warzawa embassy amid moves to improve bilateral ties, and

• a new 24-hour news service in English, TVP World, is launched by the state broadcaster.

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• violence escalates on the eastern border with Belarus as migrants attack Polish security forces

• diplomatic efforts intensify to bring about a resolution to the crisis, with Belarus now evacuating migrants from the Kuźnica encampment

• Justice Minister Ziobro announces plans for a radical shake-up of the courts system, and

• Poland secures a play-off place in the battle to qualify for the 2022 soccer World Cup.

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• security forces on Poland’s eastern border with Belarus battle daily attempted migrant crossings

• EU and U.S. voice strong support for Poland’s stance in the face of Lukashenko’s ‘hybrid war’

• death in hospital of a 30-year-old woman with pregnancy complications who had sought an abortion triggers street protests, and

• Poland’s Ambassador to Ireland, Anna Sochańska, receives a United Nations award for ‘Bicycle Diplomacy’.

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:  

• Poland delivers a stern protest to Belarus over an alleged cross-border incursion on Monday night  

• Narodowy Bank Polski raises a key reference interest rate in a rapid response to new data showing  6.8% October inflation rate   

• Prime Minister Morawiecki emphasises the need for a ‘just transition’ to carbon neutrality at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, and  

• Poles mark the All-Saints Day long weekend with millions visiting the graves of loved ones.

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• Cabinet reshuffle sees Henryk Kowalczyk named a Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister

• Prime Minister Morawiecki accuses the EU of making demands ‘with a gun to our head’ as the European Court of Justice imposes a one million euro a day fine on Poland over the country’s judicial reforms

• the government unveils a new homeland defence bill which aims to further boost Poland’s military capability, and

• Polish astronomer Kacper Wierzchoś discovers his third comet while working for NASA.

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• Prime Minister Morawiecki defends Poland’s stance on national sovereignty in person before a largely hostile the European Parliament

• European Commission threatens further action against Poland following the Trybunał Konstytucyjny ruling that articles of the European Union treaties conflict with the constitution

• Poland marks the 37th anniversary of the brutal 1984 murder of Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko, and

• Hubert Hurkacz enters the top 10 of men’s tennis world rankings for the first time.

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• Constitutional Tribunal rules that articles of the European Union treaties are in violation of the Polish constitution

• Government seeks to provide reassurance of Poland’s continued commitment to the EU in the face of foreign and domestic criticism of the ruling

• a permanent border wall is to be erected on the eastern frontier with Belarus to combat the migrant influx, and

• Poland’s national soccer stadium is named after legendary soccer coach Kazimierz Górski.

Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• Prawo i Sprawiedliwość Sejm member Anna Maria Siarkowska is part of new Polska Jest Jedna movement opposed to any mandatory vaccination requirements

• state of emergency on border with Belarus extended for a further 60 days amid record numbers of attempted illegal border crossings

• bilateral efforts continue to resolve dispute with Czech Republic over Turów mine as Poland faces €500,000 a day ECJ fine, and

• regional court in Szczecin imposes 25 year prison sentence in a case of murder and alleged cannibalism.